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Ȝef ȝe muhen beo wimpelles ⁊ ȝe wel wullen {;} beoð bi warme cappen · ⁊ þer {} uppon hwite oðer blake veiles.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Just give me a drink, cappen, -- the doctor won't, -- and send me down to my station, sir.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888
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Why, cappen, did ye ever hear of such a piece of audacity in all yer born days? for him -- _Tim Crane_ -- to durst to expire to my hand, -- the widder o 'Deacon
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Various 1887
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So the cappen thought 'twas 'bout time to go on deck.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Various 1887
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Don't be in a hurry, cappen, and don't be alarmed at my gettin 'in such a passion about old Crane's persumption.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Various 1887
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He was a-swarin 'at the cappen of the piriauger and a dammin' of the Eas'n Shu, and he said they wan't no good rudes in
The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877
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"Yes, my lad; and here comes the skipper back along o 'the old cappen."
Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Black debbils been heah, cappen, done spoil all de dinner, and run away wid de knives and forks," Sambo said.
The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862
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"Shush! clap a stopper on your mouth, cappen," said Grummidge in an undertone, "the redskins are listening."
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"All right, cappen," cried Moses as he caught the coil.
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